Let’s face it: Utah winter is one of the highest atrocities in this glorious state. It’s dry until Christmas Eve, then it snows until May. Our warm days normally are filled with clouds, and the coldest days of the year have bright sunshine. Because of the height of our mountains, the sun rises an hour later, and sets an hour earlier, ripping us off of our sunlight even more.

If you go to Bingham High School, and I assume that you do if you’re reading this, it can definitely seem like there are too many girls choice dances. This is really frustrating for us women because for most of the school year, it can feel like we’re the ones doing all the chasing.

One moment you’re freezing, huddling together in order to try and scrape together a sense, even just a memory, or warmth. The next moment you are sweating through your clothes, thinking that you’re going to die here, overheating and thoroughly cooked like a baked potato.